A Look Back: November 5, 1992

Here's a blast from the past... Sanctuary Spa featured in the Houston Post.

by Mignette Y. Patrick (OF THE HOUSTON POST STAFF)
"Much more to movement than communing with nature, smelling roses...

...Holistic is an umbrella term used to describe the smorgasbord of ideas, therapies and natural remedies inherent in the New Age movement. 'We try to meet the spiritual, intellectual and physical needs,' says [Barbara] Freidman. Another concurs: 'We wanted to create a facility where people could come and have every aspect of their being nurtured. To feel better about their lives,' says Alan Davidson of The Enchanted Garden. The key word is "feel." To actually have some emotional response.' Brea Gratia of Sanctuary Spa confirms this. 'People come here to get nurtured, loved. And I mean love in the sense of genuine caring.' And everyone wants love, says Freidman. 'We've gotten so far away from it that it has caused a lot of stress.' Gratia relates a story of how one lonely housewife, whose husband all but ignored her, responded to one of Gratia's massages. The woman burst into tears mid-session and afterwards hugged Gratia. 'You know I love you. That's why I come here,' the woman told her..."

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